2. I believe they have cameras inside the car uploading to Tesla HQ. GTFO with anything like that.
3. As I understand it the build quality is fairly low for the price. This is possibly a rumor but it's another thing about trust.
Uh... that's the only spot where there's any adjustment shown[1]. Everything shows list price in the configurator. You want red, it shows "$2000" right there on the button. No adjustments. I mean, have you actually purchased a car from a dealer? It's just wild that you'd thing Tesla of all parties was the one obfuscating the transaction. It's the smoothest and most obvious purchase experience on the market.
> I believe they have cameras inside the car uploading to Tesla HQ
This is wildly wrong, where did you read that? Someone lied to you. There's a camera for driver attention monitoring (IIRC there's a rumor it'll soon be usable for video calls too), but no video telemetry happens. "Tesla HQ" does see where your car is though, and has access to stuff like charge data. Mostly people view that as a feature; there's a robust community of analysis tools available for us to nerd out over the cars. (To be fair: FSD beta vehicles will batch upload video from the exterior cameras on disengagement for training purposes, but that's an opt-in program).
[1] For reference: they're adjusting for fuel cost of the vehicle vs gasoline, which I can attest is a very real effect. My 19k mile model Y has spent $1100 on electricity so far.
When I used the configurator it did not look like the current site. You can see it here: https://web.archive.org/web/20200205163057/https://www.tesla...
> This is wildly wrong, where did you read that? Someone lied to you. There's a camera for driver attention monitoring (IIRC there's a rumor it'll soon be usable for video calls too), but no video telemetry happens.
This article seems to say you can opt-out of the footage for the interior but maybe I'm wrong.
https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/tesla-interior-cameras-dr...
https://www.consumerreports.org/privacy/teslas-in-car-camera...
Their privacy policy indicates they gather Autopilot data (Vehicle equipped camera suite that provides advanced features such as Autopilot, Smart Summon, and Autopark) but not sure if that includes the interior.
"To protect your privacy, camera images do not leave the vehicle itself and are not transmitted to anyone, including Tesla, unless you enable data sharing."
https://www.tesla.com/legal/privacy#information-we-may-colle...
That's not a rumor, that was announced.
Compare this to the final paper we got from Tesla: https://ibb.co/rsqGvFq
- I want to be able to hook up a small, efficient generator, maybe as a back-mounted module. But Teslas can't be charged while in motion.
(I don't want to _own_ such a generator. I want to rent one for long distance trips. Preferably one that uses 100% Ethanol or some other carbon neutral fuel. You get the point.)